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Palm oil potential for bio-energy: LIPI

Palm oil has the potential to be processed into bio-energy, acting head of the Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI) ...

President briefs Indonesian diplomats on boosting country`s economic diplomacy

President Joko Widodo in Jakarta on Monday briefed Indonesian diplomats on boosting the country`s economic diplomacy ...

Indonesia eyes South Asia to expand and diversify its exports

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi)`s recent tour of five South Asian nations has significant meaning not only ...

Indonesia always sees surplus in its trade with South Asian countries

Indonesia has always recorded a surplus in its trade with India and Pakistan thanks to ASEAN-India Free Trade Area ...

Indonesia records exports worth US$168.7 billion in 2017

Indonesia`s Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita revealed that the country`s exports in 2017 had reached US$168.7 ...

Jokowi back home from tour of South Asian countries

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and First Lady Iriana Jakowi and entourage returned on Tuesday from a tour of five ...

Connectivity determinant to promote ASEAN-Indian economic cooperation

Combined population of nearly 2 billion of the Association of Southeast Asian nations (ASEAN) and India could make ...

President to help peace building in Afghanistan

President Joko Widodo will follow up the request for cooperation for peace bulding in Afghanistan in his state visit ...

Philippines to buy train produced by Indonesia for US$45 million

Indonesian train company, PT Industri Kereta Api (Inka), will sign a contract for the procurement of a train worth ...

Indonesia's Inka begins eyeing African market

Indonesia`s state-owned train manufacturer PT Industri Kereta Api (INKA) begins eyeing the African market as part of ...

Six centuries ago phinisi sailed to Australia

The 13th to 16th centuries are the glory days of European voyages, as Spanish, Portuguese and Italian sailors roamed ...

Government initiates rejuvenation program for North Sumatra`s palm oil plantations

The government has initiated a program to rejuvenate palm oil plantations in North Sumatra spread across 9,109.29 ...

India, ASEAN commemorate 25 years of partnership

The Indian Mission to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held a reception in Jakarta, Thursday ...

TEI 2017 records trade transactions worth US$1.2 billion

The five-day Indonesian trade exhibition called the Trade Expo Indonesia (TEI) 2017 held at the Indonesia Convention ...

President Jokowi opens Trade Expo Indonesia

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) officially inaugurated the 32nd Trade Expo Indonesia (TEI) at the Indonesian Convention ...